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EVERYTHING YOU WANT TO KNOW ABOUT RETIRING OR RELOCATION TO ASHEVILLE AND THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS. Go HERE to order your book from Amazon for $8.95 to $24.95.

 

 

 

 

 

 

NEW EDITION OF FODOR'S

THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

UPDATED BY

LAN SLUDER

The new best-selling edition of Fodor's The Carolinas & Georgia is now available. Lan Sluder, who has authored numerous books on Asheville and North Carolina, along with more than 15 books on Belize and books on other subjects, updated the Asheville & NC Mountains and Great Smoky Mountains sections.

 

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2023-2024 Edition of AMAZING ASHEVILLE

TODAY

 

The all-new third edition, expanded and fully updated and revised, of Amazing Asheville: Travel Guide to Asheville and the North Carolina Mountains by Lan Sluder candidly covers all the best places to stay, eat, drink, party and explore in Asheville's exciting Downtown and surrounding neighborhoods. It also covers the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, the Blue Ridge Parkway, Biltmore Estate and much more. Bonus: Guide to the charming small towns of WNC.

 

This is THE comprehensive, up-to-date guide that gives you the ins and outs of enjoying the mountains and saving money on your Asheville and Blue Ridge mountains vacation.

 

Available as a paperback book and as a Kindle ebook

Order the new 343-page paperback HERE for US$24.95 or less from Amazon. Or get the new Kindle version HERE for US$8.45 or less from Amazon. Available soon also in bookstores and libraries worldwide.

 

 

 

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Welcome to Amazing Asheville

 

This is your guide to visiting and enjoying Asheville and the beautiful North Carolina mountains. Most of this guide was completely updated in Spring and early Summer 2023, including expanded, revised and updated listings for restaurants, hotels, museums and attractions. ENJOY!

 

Our goal is to help you get the most out of your visit to Asheville and the mountains. Is your interest mainly in the resort city of Asheville, with its great B&Bs, historic inns and other wonderful places to stay ... in good food and drink at hip bistros, brewpubs and cafés ... in art and crafts, historic architecture, music. As museums or literature?  Maybe your interests are outdoors -- in the Great Smokies National Park, Blue Ridge Parkway or exploring the fascinating Biltmore EstateHiking, camping, fishing, golfing, snow skiing, falconing, tennis, tubing, paddleboarding, ziplining? Sightseeing, picnicking?  Or all of the above.

 

This guide covers it all. And of course we show you how locals do it all without spending a lot of money. This guide helps you s-t-r-e-t-c-h your vacation dollars.

 

We’ve packed a lot of information in this web guide – but if you want even more, in an easy-to-use portable package, we have published a book with even more information.  Amazing Asheville, Guide to Asheville and the Beautiful North Carolina Mountains is available in e-book or paperback editions.

 

Please make yourself at home in Asheville and in the many small, charming mountain towns and villages in the region. Perhaps you’ll even end up, as so many others have, deciding to relocate to the mountains.

 

By the way, my name is Lan Sluder. I’m an Asheville native, although I’ve spent a good deal of time in other parts of the world, too. A former newspaper editor, I’ve written more than 20 books on travel and retirement, including guides for Fodor’s, Frommer’s, Moon and Equator.

 

But now, please enjoy exploring Amazing Asheville and the highest, coolest mountains in Eastern America.

 

For the latest news about Asheville and Western North Carolina, visit our Breaking News section.

 

Special thanks to Rose Lambert-Sluder, Jessamyn Weis, Sheila M. Lambert, the National Park Service, Biltmore and the Library of Congress for photos and other materials used in this website.

 

See also the sites Organic Pottery by Sheila M. Lambert (www.AshevillePots.com)

 

 

All content copyright © Lan Sluder except selected photographs used by permission and brief quotations or other fair use text, which are owned by the copyright holder.

We have made every effort to confirm the accuracy of information on this website, and in the Amazing Asheville book and ebooks, but travel information is subject to frequent change, and no warranty is made, express or implied. Please notify us of any errors or omissions, and we will attempt to correct them as soon as possible. All opinions expressed are those of the author, Lan Sluder, unless otherwise noted.